Check out the live workshop here: Paint a Beach Landscape (Cefalù, Sicily) and a Cafe Scene
In this unique workshop, I try something quite new to most beginners. I change the entire perspective of a beach scene from a birds-eye view to a linear perspective. This required some guesswork and while it isn’t perfect, I ended up with something similar to what I wanted to achieve.
It’s rare that you end up with a photograph that is perfect to start painting with. Often you need to tweak bits and pieces. With this scene, I had to change quite a bit of the overall scene, and I walk you through my mental process and drawing to help you to do this.
We also do a quick warm-up by sketching and painting a cafe scene too.
![Paint a Beach Landscape](https://watercolourmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Stitched-Page-5-1024x735.jpg)
I drew/painted this one for a previous live demo. Requested by @mariagiulia.escard
Thank you for your suggestion and for providing this beautiful photo 😊
Learn how to paint this: https://youtu.be/yBdB2nbb_CU
I like letting the sand and water blend together to create a soft edge!
I initially started painting the shadows of the buildings on the left-hand side but ran out of this color for the right-hand side, which is why there is an odd contrast between the two.
Always remember to mix up enough color before going into a larger area.
![Paint a Beach Landscape](https://watercolourmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img024-1024x683.jpg)
The layering of the greens here was important to create an illusion of detail and contrast. Just wait for the first layer to dry and go over the top with a darker or different shade of green.
The birds were added as a last-minute suggestion by one of my viewers, Vy. Thought it was a great way to balance out the bareness of the foreground with the detail in the rest of the scene.
Check out the live workshop here: Paint a Beach Landscape (Cefalù, Sicily) and a Cafe Scene